[WriteLog] Request for additional small feature

[ak0a]

If you forgot to hit the enter key, what makes you thing another key will
solve that???
----- Original Message -----
From: "A. Sewell" <n5na@usaonline.net>
To: <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Request for additional small feature


> I am in full agreement on this one.  While I was unable to participate in
> the RTTY RU this year due to a move I was in it last year and had this
exact
> same problem.  There were several times I almost forgot to hit enter to
log
> the contact before going to the next one.  A key to handle this would be
> great.
>
> 73,
>
> Alan  N5NA
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David O Hachadorian" <k6ll@juno.com>
> To: <writelog@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 10:06 AM
> Subject: [WriteLog] Request for additional small feature
>
>
> > At present, there are two special-function keys, INSERT,
> > and PLUS.
> >
> > It would be helpful to have one more of these keys somewhere
> > on the keyboard, such as numeric keypad MINUS. This key would
> > perform the following simple function:
> >
> > It would send the contents of the "S&P Exchange"
> > F-key (e.g. 599 AZ), and it would put the contact in the log.
> >
> > What I call the "S&P Exchange" is just the exchange you
> > send when you are in the S&P mode.
> >
> > Of course, you still have to watch the other guy's final
> > transmission, to be sure that he qsl's, which happens
> > about 95% of the time.
> >
> > This new key would eliminate one keystroke for everyone on
> > every S&P QSO, and would ensure that the QSO got put in the log.
> >
> > Several times this past weekend, I found that I had failed
> > to press the ENTER key to log a second-radio QSO, and the
> > QSO information was lurking in the darkened second-radio
> > window, just one mouse-click away from being overwritten.
> > In fact, I may very well have overwritten some QSO's by just
> > clicking on a new green or yellow callsign in the second radio
> > Rttyrite Window.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
> > Yuma, AZ
> > K6LL@juno.com
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